Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s2.t1.56

v1.c20.s2.t1.56

Samar Singh, Samarsi: The Tuars of Delhi.—Samarsi was born in S. 1206.¹ Though the domestic annals are not silent on his acts, we shall recur chiefly to the bard of Delhi² for his character and actions, and the history of the period. Before we proceed, however, a sketch of the political condition of Hindustan during the last of the Tuar sovereigns of Delhi, derived from this authority and in the bard’s own words, may not be unacceptable. “In Patan is Bhola Bhim the Chalukya, of iron frame.¹ On the mountain Abu, Jeth Pramara, in battle immovable as the star of the north. In Mewar is Sàmar Singh, who takes tribute from the mighty, a wave of iron in the path of Delhi’s foe. In the midst of all, strong in his own strength, Mandor’s prince, the arrogant Nahar Rao, the might of Maru, fearing none. In Delhi the chief of all [255] Ananga, at whose summons attended the princes of Mandor, Nagor, Sind, Jalwat,² and others on its confines, Peshawar, Lahore, Kangra, and its mountain chiefs, with Kasi,³ Prayag,⁴ and Garh Deogir. The lords of Simar ⁵ were in constant danger of his power.” The Bhatti, since their expulsion from Zabulistan, had successively occupied as capitals, Salivahanapur in the Panjab, Tanot, Derawar, which last they founded, and the ancient Lodorwa, which they conquered in the desert; and at the period in question were constructing their present residence, Jaisalmer. In this nook they had been fighting for centuries